Leptin gene expression in the hypothalamus and pituitary of pregnant pigs

Neuroendocrinology Letters

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 191-195

  Smolinska, Nina ^a   Przala, Jadwiga ^a   Kaminski, Tadeusz ^a   Siawrys, Gabriela ^a   Gajewska, Alina ^b   Kochman, Kazimierz ^b   Okrasa, Stanislaw ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARMIA AND MAZURY IN OLSZTYN   (Poland)

^b KIELANOWSKI INSTITUTE OF ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY AND NUTRITION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Early pregnancy; Gilt; Hypothalamus; Leptin gene expression; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; LEPTIN; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCRINE EFFECT; BREEDING; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HYPOTHALAMUS; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; MEDIAN EMINENCE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NONHUMAN; PARACRINE SIGNALING; PREOPTIC AREA; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SWINE;

EID: 4344712074     PISSN: 0172780X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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